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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1922
Page
1
A proposed bill in Congress would grant ship owners a subsidy of about £22,000,000 annually for vessels in foreign trade. The plan links subsidies to tax and fee diversions, with excess profits diverted to the merchant marine fund and capped to the total compensation under the act.
A fierce Texas Panhandle storm blankets the region from western Oklahoma to eastern New Mexico and the Panhandle, with heavy snow and bitter cold. Snow began Sunday night and continues, totaling up to four inches locally and drifting, crippling travel and delaying the Denver train from the port while about six thirty in the morning arrival.
San Francisco chamber of commerce members favor modifying the Volstead Act to permit beer and light wines. About 2,600 responses were received in a postwar survey, showing strong support among business leaders for easing Prohibition rules.
George W. Perkins, financier, who died June 1, 192?, left a final estate of 5 207 72. An appraisal filed in Surrogate Court shows half the estate goes to his wife and the other half to his two children.
The Senate rejected a Pittman proposed amendment to extend United States treaty rights to mandated Pacific islands by 60 to 23, a party line division. It then defeated France’s amendment to curb manufacture or export of intoxicants on the same islands by 62 to 11, with eight Democrats joining Republicans.
A chaotic police report notes an arrest and seizure of printing equipment in a New York metro raid on counterfeit currency operations. The article mentions presses and material seized and hints at charges against a suspect.
Police in Mechantesville arrested Frank Moran and Poward Zuppe on liquor violations. Moran admitted being a former heavyweight pageant contestant. They were found with an automobile and a quantity of liquor after Moran drove the car into a repair range.
Representatives of manufacturers and unions in Rhode Island cotton mills rejected the Rhode Island Board of Mediation and Conciliation proposal to submit the wage dispute to sole arbiter J Jerome Hahn. The decision came late today during the strike negotiations.
Workmen near Tre Mont street by the Granary burying ground uncover a long buried cache of liquor believed hidden during the Great Fire of 1875. The find includes two hogsheads of old New England rum and Madeira wine with Thorndyke rye champagne and gin.
Judge Henry R. Christopher of the Okmulgee County Oklahoma superior court told the AP from a sick bed that he expects to return to Okmulgee next week and resume the bench. He described his discharge of the Okmulgee county grand jury while it was probing the Bank of Commerce affairs as approved after consulting the attorney general and finding the jury illegally constituted.
President Harding outlines a plan to fund American shipping by applying a broad import duty reduction to create a government aid fund for the merchant marine. He argues for reciprocity and asserts the wartime fleet boosted national trade, while acknowledging past losses and the need to strengthen outbound and inbound commerce.
Washington February 28 The Ways and Means Committee of Republicans spent three hours reconciling differences over the soldiers bonus but ended without a settlement. Chairman Fordney said no agreement was reached and a further discussion is planned for tomorrow. The session focused on financing provisions and potential sales tax options, with opposition from the agricultural bloc. National Commander Mac Nider and John Thomas Taylor met President Harding at the White House and said they were satisfied with the conference, while the White House released a statement noting the president made no new commitment beyond his prior position on financing and postponement.
In Rio de Janeiro on February 28, Brazil prepares for tomorrow's vote to choose a successor to President Epitacio Pessoa. Arthur Bernardes of Minas Gerais and Urbano Santos of Maranhão lead on the official tickets, with 16 states backing them. Bahia, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Sul and Rio de Janeiro factions reject the convention and nominate Nilo Peçanha and J. J. Seabra as an opposition ticket.
Three stock brokers from Friedman Markelson and Co at 45 Beaver Street were arrested for alleged larceny of 250000 from Alfonso J. Descamps of Hartford Conn. Police took them to headquarters in New York tonight.
Los Angeles investigators tied the Taylor murder to a tale by Mrs John Rupp amid the arrest of six drug peddlers. The six men Kirby Calvert Herkey Lynch Amerheim were held. Mrs Rupp claimed they threatened Taylor and had criminal links. Mabel Normand was mentioned for possible interview.
Amarillo Texas February 2. Houston Upton 18 shot himself after killing two girls Gladys Helomon 15 and Nell Umberson 13 as they slept in Floyd County near Lockney. He is in Floydada hospital with internal bleeding, left side bullet path through lung kidney and body. Funeral services for the slain girls set for Floydada at 3 this afternoon. Floyd County officers await developments as charges of murder are considered.
Phoenix Bank fails to open its doors as state authorities take over the affairs. The institution, formerly Central Bank, suspended March 21 1921 and reopened three months later as Bank of Phoenix. Capitalization listed at 100000 with deposits totaling 1537485.
King George gives Princess Mary in marriage to Viscount Laselles in Westminster Abbey London a romance welcomed by crowds and papers alike marking a historic royal union England sees as a domestic alliance with a commoner groom and English grace amid royal pageantry and public elation.
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